'One in a billion' perfectly round egg sold for hundreds of dollars at auction

2025-01-31 04:03:00

Abstract: A British man bought a rare, round egg at auction for £200, donated by a Scottish woman who found it at Asda. The charity, Iuventas Foundation, benefited. Round eggs are exceptionally rare, with similar finds in Australia.

A British man spent £200 (approximately AUD$398) at a charity auction to purchase a perfectly round egg. This rare, round egg was originally discovered by a Scottish woman who found it in her local Asda supermarket in Ayr, Scotland.

The woman donated the egg to the UK youth charity, the Iuventas Foundation, which regularly organizes fundraising events. The egg was subsequently put up for auction and was eventually purchased for £200 on December 11th by Ed Bonnar from Lambourn in Berkshire.

Bonnar stated in an interview with the BBC that the money was "well spent." It is believed that the odds of a hen laying a perfectly round egg are about one in a billion. Several perfectly round eggs have also been found in Australia in recent years, including one discovered at a Woolworths supermarket in an inner suburb of Melbourne.